You might think you're working harder, but more employees now have access to paid time off from the job than two decades ago.

The share of employees with access to paid sick time, personal days and family leave, as well as bereavement days and military leave, has risen substantially since 1992-1993, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The prevalence of vacation days slipped a bit, however.

"The type of leave is changing," said Robert Van Giezen, a BLS economist. "The options to employees are more varied now. More personal leave and more sick time is available."

You're more likely to get paid time off if you work full time, or for a medium or large company. For instance, nearly half of workers at businesses with 100 or more employees received paid personal days in 2012, but only 27% of those in small firms did.

While access to paid time off has broadened, the total time off each worker has a year hasn't necessarily gotten more generous. BLS doesn't track this total but found that while companies have gotten more generous with vacation days, they are pulling back on sick leave and holidays.

The unemployment rate of immigrants fell to 8.1% in 2012, the same as the jobless level for people born in America. This marks the first time in several years that immigrants have not had a higher jobless rate.

As Congress debates immigration reform, the work experiences of those born outside this country grow in importance.

Still, the overall unemployment rate of immigrants masks differences between the races. Foreign-born whites, for instance, have MORE

Though blacks' job prospects have improved from the depths of the Great Recession, they still suffer from disproportionately high unemployment.

Pegged to Black History Month, the U.S. Congress' Joint Economic Committee put out a stats sheet highlighting the gap. It takes longer, on average, for black workers for find a job, and even having a college degree doesn't help as much as it does for other job-seeking populations. The black unemployment rate MORE

By now, you have probably heard of the "feud" taking place between Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Nobel-prize winning New York Times economic columnist Paul Krugman. And if you haven't, what the heck are you doing reading this blog?

Anyway, here's the lowdown in case you aren't up to speed. Krugman took Bernanke to task in a Sunday NYT magazine piece, criticizing Bernanke for not doing enough to tackle the MORE

The Department of Labor has asked Sandia National Laboratories to take a look at its data security procedures, including how the agency keeps the all-important monthly jobs report secret until its official release.

Yes -- the same Sandia National Laboratories that safeguards the nuclear arsenal of the United States.

The company's involvement was first reported by CNBC, and an agency official confirmed details to CNNMoney.